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Addresses issues related to inclusive practice and diversity in
Classics higher education in the 21st century, which is a key issue
in the field. Brings together a range of perspectives from
colleagues working in higher education at different stages, in
different roles, and from different backgrounds in the US, UK, and
Greece.
Epdf and ePUB available Open Access under CC BY NC ND licence. The
COVID-19 pandemic affected everyone - but, for some, existing
social inequalities were exacerbated, and this created a vital need
for research. Researchers found themselves operating in a new and
difficult context; they needed to act quickly and think
collectively to embark on new research despite the constraints of
the pandemic. This book presents the collaborative process of 14
research projects working together during COVID-19. It documents
their findings and explains how researchers in the voluntary sector
and academia responded methodologically, practically, and ethically
to researching poverty and everyday life for families on low
incomes during the pandemic. This book synthesises the challenges
of researching during COVID-19 to improve future policy and
practice. Also see 'A Year Like No Other: Family Life on a Low
Income in COVID-19' to find out more about the lived experiences of
low-income families during the pandemic.
Revenge was an all important part of the ancient Athenian
mentality, intruding on all forms of life - even where we might not
expect to find it today. Revenge was of prime importance as a means
of survival for the people of early Greece and remained in force as
a 'cultural emotion' during the rise of the poleis, even when the
socio-political situation allowed people to live together more
peaceably. A key reason for this was the concept of revenge as
'justice', which survived strongly in Athens even after the rise of
the law-courts. Only the radical thoughts of Plato suggested that
revenge was immoral and did not constitute justice. Nevertheless,
this does not mean that all forms of revenge were seen as equally
acceptable in Athens. Through a close examination of the texts, a
more complex picture of how the Athenian people viewed revenge
emerges.
This volume explores how women in antiquity influenced cultural
spheres usually thought of as male, such as politics, economics,
science, law, and the arts.
The contributors look at examples from around the ancient world,
asking how far traditional definitions of culture describe male
spheres of activity, and examining to what extent these spheres
were actually created and perpetuated by women. It is shown that
women, through marriage and motherhood, tended to perpetuate
traditional male values, yet also made significant contributions of
their own.
Written by an international range of renowned academics, "Women's
Influence on Classical Civilization" provides a valuable wider
perspective on the roles and influence on women in the societies of
the Greek and Roman worlds.
This volume explores how women in antiquity influenced cultural
spheres usually thought of as male, such as politics, economics,
science, law, and the arts.
The contributors look at examples from around the ancient world,
asking how far traditional definitions of culture describe male
spheres of activity, and examining to what extent these spheres
were actually created and perpetuated by women. It is shown that
women, through marriage and motherhood, tended to perpetuate
traditional male values, yet also made significant contributions of
their own.
Written by an international range of renowned academics, "Women's
Influence on Classical Civilization" provides a valuable wider
perspective on the roles and influence on women in the societies of
the Greek and Roman worlds.
Explores the representation of revenge from Classical to early
modern literature This collection explores a range of literary and
historical texts from ancient Greece and Rome, medieval Iceland and
medieval and early modern England to provide an understanding of
wider historical continuities and discontinuities in
representations of gender and revenge. It brings together
approaches from literary criticism, gender theory, feminism, drama,
philosophy and ethics to allow greater discussion between these
subjects and across historical periods and to provide a more
complex and nuanced understanding of the ways in which ideas about
gender and revenge interrelate. Key features: The coverage, from
classical through to renaissance literature, gives a sense of how
the revenge motifs work over time with gender in mind It will
appeal to a wide readership including those working in classics;
medieval and renaissance literature; gender studies; revenge and
revenge tragedy; the intertextual relations between ancient,
medieval and early modern texts It considers what constitutes the
literary revenge tragedy tradition, suggesting points of continuity
and difference as well as rethinking the parameters of the genre
Contributors include Edith Hall, Alison Findlay and Janet Clare
Revenge and Gender from Classical to Renaissance Literature' looks
at a range of literary and historical texts to provide an
understanding of wider historical continuities and discontinuities
in representations of revenge and thereby establishing some of the
key paradigms for the way that the relationship between revenge and
gender has been configured.The collection brings together
approaches from literary criticism, gender theory, feminism, drama,
philosophy, and ethics to allow greater discussion between these
subjects and across historical periods and to provide a more
complex and nuanced understanding of the ways in which ideas about
gender and revenge interrelate. It demonstrates that revenge acts
frequently cross-question the very cultural and literary tropes
they seem to reinforce since they disrupt as well as affirm
conventional cultural constructions about how gender roles shape
displays of passion and ideas of agency.
Revenge was an all important part of the ancient Athenian
mentality, intruding on all forms of life - even where we might not
expect to find it today. Revenge was of prime importance as a means
of survival for the people of early Greece and remained in force
during the rise of the 'poleis'. The revenge of epic heroes such as
Odysseus and Menalaus influences later thinking about revenge and
suggests that avengers prosper. Nevertheless, this does not mean
that all forms of revenge were seen as equally acceptable in
Athens. Differences in response are expected depending on the crime
and the criminal. Through a close examination of the texts, Fiona
McHardy here reveals a more complex picture of how the Athenian
people viewed revenge.
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